Liquid-fuel purifier



.LH. GANNON LIQUIfJ FUEL PURIFIER Fil ed March 15 1921 2 Sheets-Sheet l Oct. 16, 1923. 1,470,719

J. H. GANNON LIQUID FUEL PURIFIER Filed March 15 1921 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented on. 11s, 1923.

STATES PATENT o ricE.

uurrsn JOHN H. GANNON,'OF TUCSON, .ARIZONA. I

-LIQUID-FUEL PUBIIFIER.

Application filed March ;"19211. Serial e s To all mlzomtmay concern: I l Be it known that I, Jorinrl'l; GANNON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Tueson, inkthe county of Pima and Stateof Arizona, have invented a new and useful Liquid-Fuel Purifier, of which the following is a specifica-tion.

The object of my invention is to provide a novel and efficient purifier for straining and purifying liquid fuel easy cleaning-of the device. Iattain these and other objects of my invention bythe mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevationof the invention applied to an automobile engine; Fig. 2 is a transverse section approximatelyon the line 2 2 of Fig. 3';

movable face plate 2', which is attached to Fig. 3 is a h0r1zontal section on the'line 33 of Fig. 4; v p

. Fig. 1 is a side elevationzof the devlce with the cover QIremoved; and

Fig. 5 isa bottom plan ofIthe cover 2.

Like characters ofreference' designate like parts in each of the several views; 1 Referring tothe accompanying drawings I provide asuitablecasing 1 having a re:

the casing by suitable means .as screws-.3.

I provide a suitableinlet4 opening into the water andsedinient chamber'ffi; ,1 pro videa suitable outlet at the other end of. the

casing 1 opening-out of the chamber 16in a plane above that of screen '15, Inlet mem-" ber .4.-,is 25 per cent larger capacity than outlet 19."

vPositioned above chamber .5 and extend ingbeyond said chamber longitudinally of the casing, I provide a flotation chamber 8, which isin communication with chamber through .thc large opening 6 in the partition 7, as shown inFigs. 3 and 1. Iprovide and a'thirdwaterand sediment. chamber 16,

with the upper portion of which chamber the outlet 19 communii-atedns shown'in Fig.

1. On the under sideof face plate-[2 I Vproior use in internal combustionengines; to provide a novel ar rangement of compartments and screens in Sllifll adevice; and to provide means for.

vide gasket strips orribs 25 corresponding in position withthe walls of the several chambers shown and described; I provide a plurality of openings '23 through theface plate 2 and in communication with openings '24 through valve passages '22 in the valves 21'. when the latter are open. fValves'Ql are provided. ,wit-h any conventional form of handles, such as illustrated. Passages 22 and 23am upwardly tapered, as shownin Fig. 52, 'to pe rmit of the insertion of a wire at such an angle as to allow the drawing off of accumulated water from the purifier;

The'operation of the device is as follows: i The liquid fuel enters through jinlet piped.

into the water and sediment chamber 5, thence passlng through opening 6 of the dejflecting boardor partition 7 into the flotation chamber ,8. Thegre-at bulk of water."

and sedimentv settles in the bottom chamber 5. v other floating objects rise to thetop of this In the flotation chamber 8 all lint or chamber and there remain. The liquid fuel leaves chamber 8 through screen 9, entering the secondwater and sediment chamber "10,

thence being diverted 'by partition 1?, through screen 12, into the second flotation chamber 13, and thence throughscreen 15 into thethird'water and sediment chamber 16, thence finding its way out through the outlet 19. i The circuitous course of the fuel through the various compartments and screens effectively purifies the liquid fuel, as lint, etc, areintercepted by thescreen and sediment is deposited by gravity. in. the lower chambers, from which chambers. also any water is removed "through the faucets 20.

The provision of the removable face-plate 2 allows quick and easy cleaning of the device. Asthe outlet 19 is positioned in a planeabovethej plane. in which the series of screens are positioned, they are atall time submerged, thus preventing clogging bv floating matter. The inlet and outlet nippies {and 19, respectively, are of conventional construction and suitably conne ted to the fuel sijipplyline as illustrated in Fig. 1.

interposed betweenthe flotation chamber 13,

The screens will be made of suitable wire cloth of a finenessof mesh to suitithe liquid fuel used. I

What I' claim is- 1. A liquid fuel purifier comprisinga' casing and partitions therein-dividingthe interior thereof into a plurality of chambers,

said chambers'being a Water and sediment chamber in the loWer partjof the casing-at one end thereof, a flotation chamber above the Water andsed ment chamber and extend mg beyond the latter, a second Water and sediment chamber underlying the extending;- port on o f said flotat on chamberandex tendlng beyond the latter, a second flotation V chamber in overlying relation to" said second' water and sedlment chamber and we);

' tending beyond'the latter,iand a third water and sediment chainber having a portion thereo funderlylng the extending portion of the second flotationchamber sale partitions f being formed to provide openings between eac-h flotation chamber 'and the two water and sediment chambers havingportions un derlying sai-dvfiotationchamber, screens disi. posed in the V openings between- .said flotation chambers and'said Water and sediment chain .bers, an; inlet 1 communicating vWithsaid first named Water andsediment chamber, and an outletcoin nunic-ating with said third Water and-sediment chamber above the plane. of said screens.

2. Ali uid fuel purifier comprising afcasins nd partitions therein dividing the intenor. of the-casing intoaplurallty of cham-- 7 'bers certain of'said chambers being located 1 sediment chamber atone end of the series,

in-thelowernart of the casinpiand Vconstituting aseries of water and sed hers and the remaining chambers being lo carted in the upper part .ofthechamber in Lorkrlying relation. to said .aterl and. sediment chmnbers ,1, and gconstituting, flotation chambers, each of Sillfi Tvttfil and sediment chambers, being in connnunic-ation With the adjacent Water and sediment chamber through an overly-mg flotationchamber, an inlet communicating with the Water and an outlet communicating with the Waterand 7" sediment chamber at the op posite end' the.

, 5561188,, and faucets communication ith l the respective Water and sediment chambers.

gment, chambers and constitutin chambers, each of said Water and, sediment driiyliduid fuel purifier comprising a casng and partitions therein d viding the -1n' terior ot-the easing into a plurality ot chamhers,- certainof said chambers .beinglo cated in thelower part oi; theicasing and constituting a series o'favater. and sedimentchamhers and the ren'iaining chamberebeing locarted in the upper part of the chamber in overlying relationito said mar a. sediv g flotation chambers being-in communication :With the adjacent {Water and sediment chamber through anoverlying'flotation chamber, an inlet communicating with the water and sediment chamber at one end-of thev series, j an outlet communicating withthewater and sediment chamber at the, opposite end of the series, and faucets 'in lcommunication' with therespective Water and sediment chambers, said faucets having their passages angularly disposed to permit of the insertion of a Wire into the chambers for the purpose oitdrawing offflwatcr, and a removable face plate in cluded in the casing and on which the said faucets are mounted." I

lfAliquid fuel purifier, romprising a casing and partitions therein dividing t e in terior of thecasinginto a plurality ofchambers, certalnof said chambers being located inthe lower part of the casing and consti-- tutinga series of Water andsediment chambers and the remaining chambers be1nglo cated in the upper part of the chamber ln overlying relationtosaid water and sediflotat on ment chambers and constituting chambers, each of said water andbsediment Y chambers being in communication with the adjacent Water and sediment "chamber through an overlying flotation chamber, an inlet-communicating with the Water and an outlet communicating with the Water and sediment chamber at oneend of the series,

sedimentvchaniber at the opposite end of the series, taucets in communication with the respectlve ater and 'sed1ment'chamhere, said casing including a face plate, and J means forfattaching saidiace plate to the remainder of the casing. I

5. A liquid fuel pur fier 'compr-ls ng acas' mg and partitionstherein dividing the in- ,terior otthecasing into aplurality of chambers, certain of said chambers being located in the lower part ofthe casing andconstn tuting .aseries of Water and sediment cham{ hers and the remaining chambers-being lo--.

catedflin theupper part'ot' the chamber in" orerlying relation to said water sedi -ment chambers and constitutlng flotation chambers, each otsaid Water andjsediment chambers being in communication ith the chamber V adjacent Water and sediment through an overlying flotation chamber, an inlet communicating with the Water and sediment chamberfat one end of theseries, an outlet communicating with the Water 7 and sediment chamber at the opposite end ot the series, said casing including a face plate,

means for attaching 'saicl' face plate to the remainder or". thecasing and faucets in communication with the lower portions of sand water and 'sedimentchambers, said faucets havingjangularly disposed openings therefthrough to permit of the convenient insermaining chambers extending in overlying relation to said sediment chambers and const'ituting flotation chambers, said sediment chambers and said flotation chambers being;

arranged in staggered relation and each sediment chamber being in communication with the ad acent sediment chamber through an overlying flotation chamber, an inlet communicating With the sediment chamber at one end otthe series, and an outlet cont municating with the sediment, chamber at the opposite end of the series.

7. A liquid a chamber or series of chambers overlying the firstcnamed chambersrthe chambers t said first named series being in staggered relation inrespect to the other chamber or chambers and said partitions being 01711186 with openings whereby each chamber of the first series is in, comn'iunication with the other chamber or'chambers 'ot the second series ad acent-thereto, an inlet commun eating with the sediment chamber at one nel purifier comprising a Ion end oit' the series and an outlet communicatmg with the sediment chamber remote from that provided with the inlet.

8. A liquid 'tuel purifier comprising axlon= gitudinal easing and partitions therein 'di riding the'lnterior of the casing; into a substantially' horizontally extending series of chaniibers in the lower part of the casing and a chamber or series or", other chambers overlying the first names chamber or chambers and said partitions be ng formed; with openings Where each chamber of the first series is in communica- 'tion With the other chamber or chambers of the second series adjacent thereto," screens arranged in the openings between said sediment and saidflotation chambers, an inlet communicating with the sediment chamber 7 chambers, the V chambers otsa-id first named series be ng H1" staggered relation in respect to'the other one-end ot the series and an outlet coin municating- W1th the sedimentchamber at 1 v tioned above the plane of said screens.

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the other end of the seriesand being posial 

